Search for dissertations about: "Renaissance Art"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Renaissance Art.

  2. 1. A Matter of Amusement : The Material Culture of Philipp Hainhofer’s Games in Early Modern Princely Collections

    Author : Greger Sundin; Johan Eriksson; Johan Cederlund; Lars Ljungström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philipp Hainhofer; Augsburg; Kunstkammer; art cabinet; material culture studies; late Renaissance games; early modern games; boardgames; card games; Ulrich Baumgartner; Gustavus Adolfus art cabinet; Pomeranian art cabinet; games casket; Duke August II of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Gustavus Selenus; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Abstract : Games were important to the Augsburg art agent Philipp Hainhofer (1578-1647), and this ludic category was included in most of his art cabinets, procured over period of thirty years during the first half of the seventeenth century. It offered amusement (Kurzweil) as part of an overall ambition for the cabinets to be of service and use (“nutzen vnd dienst”). READ MORE

  4. 2. Levels of unreality : studies in structure and construction in Italian mural painting during the Renaissance

    Author : Sven Sandström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art; Konstvetenskap;

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  5. 3. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

    Author : Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medals; medal art; Sweden; early modern period; visual culture; materiality; art anthropology; visual media; gift giving; memoria; numismatics; self-fashioning; uses of art; emblem;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses medals issued between 1560 and 1792 in Sweden and studies the practices and roles related to these objects. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the varying uses and functions of early modern medals by applying a long-term perspective that connects Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical medals. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Art of Replicating

    Author : Marie Bengtsson; Lars Lindkvist; Per Åman; Christer Samuelsson; Markus Becker; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Replication; Fashion; Retail Chains; Renaissance Art; Replikering; Modebranschen; Butikskedjor; Renässanskonst; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Fokus för den här avhandlingen är företag som växer genom replikering, det vill säga genom att skapa och driva liknande enheter på många olika platser, så som t.ex. McDonald’s och Starbucks. READ MORE

  7. 5. Old Testament Apocryphal Images in European Art

    Author : Elizabeth Philpot; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art History; Old Testament; Apocryphal Images; Europe;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with representations in European art from the Old Testament Apocrypha. The OT Apocrypha are books of the Bible which are not part of the Hebrew Canon. READ MORE